Immediately before the monologue I’ve chose Jim and Laura had a conversation about Laura’s lack of confidence in herself. He has a large amount of motivation to rise above his station and create a better life for himself. It’s almost cruel how he toys with laura’s emotions. He is engaged, though he doesn’t mention this soon enough in the play. He’s taking night classes to improve himself. He was predicted to be the most successful in his class but that hasn’t happened for him yet. It didn’t matter he still treats her with respect. He didn’t care that Laura has a small physical defect. He was one of the popular kids in high school but not because he bullied or disrespected others. The third guidepost we discussed was “the moment before.” This can be the immediate moment before as well as some background on Jim. The problem with this, the conflict is that if Laura can’t be convinced than it could hurt Jim’s confidence. He believes in the future of Television and soon he’ll have to influence producers. He’s preparing himself for the future by practicing having influence over people.

He will get personal gain from the situation by improving his own public speaking. “Has anyone ever told you that you’re pretty? You are.” His motives are derived from self interest though. He wants to make her believe that she is beautiful. The second guidepost was “What are you fighting for? What is the Conflict?” Jim is fighting for influence over Laura. But, I’ll never be in love with Laura, although I am grateful for our paths crossing again because she has reaffirmed that I can reach my goals.” She reminds me of the confident person I use to be, and gives me the confidence to be that person again. I like to think of my relationship with Laura as this reminder to my time in highschool. By proving to her that she is beautiful, this will somehow make my own self esteem higher. I’m optimistic that Laura isn’t as helpless as she seems. “My emotional attitude is that I’m trying to prove to Laura and myself that we can both rise above our stations. The following quotations are from my acting journal, these are written as if I was Jim, I think that writing like this helps me get into character. This conclusion that he is not romantically interested in Laura is emphasized by the news that Jim is engaged to be married. His character is given more depth if the kiss was out of passion to help her come out of her shell rather than to seize a romantic opportunity he saw. Even though this is the case there are two sides to Jim, opposites that I’ll discuss later. Jim even kisses her in the heat of a moment. There is evidence in the text that suggests that Jim and Laura could be romantically interested in each other.

What is Jim’s relationship with Laura? She has had a crush on him since high school. Specifically Laura who will be Jim’s scene partner for the monologue I’ve chosen. The first guidepost we used was “relationship” what was Jim’s relation to each of the characters in the text. In this paper I will analyse the text using six of the twelve guideposts we used in class as they relate to Jim’s Character and the way I’ve chosen to play him. However I chose to challenge myself with one of Jim’s monologues. Tom’s Memory is the main focus of the play and also his character is the most appealing to me.

The text is relatable, Tom’s selfishness is justified by our own subconscious, what would we each do if put in his situation. The fact that the ending of this memory play isn’t happy makes it even more real. It’s heartbreaking to see this memory that Tom has of his sister and Mother progress into such an unhappy ending. The concept that the father left in it’s own right is sad but when Tom fallows in his footsteps it becomes tragic. Over all this has been my favorite play that we’ve read this semester. Their father left years earlier, leaving the family to fend for themselves while he traveled the world. She purchases items that the family can hardly afford on only Tom’s wages. She makes a fancy dinner and complains about not having time to buy new furniture. The story is made more interesting by the crazy and comical way Tom and Laura’s mother Amanda prepares for the evening.

The glass menagerie monologue